This week, novelist William Boyd praises a polyphonic account of a pivotal wartime moment; and Sarah Richmond explores how we may escape ceaseless toil.
‘November 1942: An Intimate History of the Turning Point of World War II’, by Peter Englund, translated by Peter Graves
‘Hijacked: How Neoliberalism Turned the Work Ethic Against Workers and How Workers Can Take it Back’, by Elizabeth Anderson
‘After Work: A History of the Home and the Fight for Free Time’, by Helen Hester and Nick Srnicek
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The Birds and the Bees, and Books Made of Cheese
Lives, Interrupted
Life Lessons and Making Sporting History
Early Days And Their Long Shadows
Boundaries Real and Imagined
Visions of Violence
Rock Star, Freak, Agitator
Say What You’re Going To Say
Faint Praise
Birds of a Feather
A Story With Strings Attached
Writers at the Gates of Dawn
Derevaun Seraun! Derevaun Seraun!
Clarity, Honesty, Fluff
Carnival of Darkness
Give Me Your Heart
A Constant State of Foreignness
Best of 2021
Best of 2021
BONUS: Sarah Hall and Sarah Moss – an interview
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